November 25 Essence of Time unit in Donbass situation report (with map)

Tense situation is being registered along all of the frontline. Armed Forces of Ukraine are being highly active on Gorlovka, Donetsk and Mariupol directions.

Trench warfare is underway in the north and north-western outskirts of Gorlovka. A house burned down in Zaytsevo village as a result of a shell hit. Ukrainian side fires small arms, IFV guns, automatic grenade launchers and artillery.

Today Ukrainian artillery shelled Trudovskie, Aleksandrovka and Staromikhailovka villages west of Donetsk. There is destruction of residential infrastructure and utilities. Spartak village and Donetsk water filtration plant north of the capital came under Ukrainian artillery fire again. Throughout the day trench warfare of varying intensity continues in the area of Avdeevka industrial zone.

Dokuchaevsk was shelled by the Ukrainian side. Two apartment buildings on 11, Vatutina and 86, Lenina streets were damaged.

Sakhanka, Kominternovo and Leninskoye villages in the south of DPR were shelled. There was no information on destruction and casualties.

The enemy continues to deploy hardware and artillery banned by the agreements. Firing positions of up to a battery of “Grad” multiple rocket launchers, a 152mm “Akatsiya” self-propelled artillery gun (SPG) squadron, platoon of 122mm “Gvozdika” SPGs, platoon of “Nona” SPGs, a battery of 82mm and 120mm mortars were uncovered on Gorlovka direction. Up to a battery of “Uragan” multiple rocket launchers and a platoon of “Giatsint” SPGs, tanks and mortars of the enemy were registered on Donetsk direction. A battery of 152mm “Akatsiya” SPGs, battery of 122mm “Gvozdika” SPGs, battery of 122mm D-30 howitzers, platoon of 120mm “Nona” SPGs, battery of 82mm and 120mm mortars and a tank company were discovered on the southern direction.

According to updated information, on November 24 Ukrainian side violated the ceasefire 960 times. The enemy shelled towns and villages of Donetsk People’s Republic by heavy 152mm artillery, 122mm guns, 120mm and 82mm mortars, tanks, IFVs and small arms. According to DPR People’s Militia Command, in the past 24 hours one serviceman of the Republic was killed.